"IMPROVISATIONS FOR CELLO AND PIANO" by David Darling and Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan..

A 2-CD set of inspiring, relaxing cello-piano duets combining the elements and styles of both New Age and the Classical music traditions.......lyrical melodies at times rich and exalting, or ethereal and impressionistic, others with refreshing, gentle spaciousness..... NEW RELEASE October 18, 2012

SEE: Recordings IV for more Album notes, recording and biographical information, and Reviews

Listed on: BEST NEW MUSIC in 2012 on the NEW AGE MUSIC WORLD website...........

A smorgasbord of musical styles and sounds in the different tracks influenced by my long, deep interest in various musical styles..folk and ethnic music (including the Orient, Russian folk music, Spanish flamenco), the modal scales popularized in jazz by Miles Davis, French Impressionism, and Viennese and German styles of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods ......with some tracks being freely improvised in the studio: "in the moment"expressions in music.

Lyrical, relaxing music in the New Age genre................................................................................ See Recordings I for Album notes, REVIEWS, Artist's statements; bio and links for David Darling.

See RECORDINGS III for 3 CDs of background tracks for the Native American Flutes .... in 3 different keys. Each album has 2 tracks by Jacqueline Bhuyan and Dave Bhuyan.... including brief descriptions of each, and links to availability..................................................................................................................................................................................

RUBATO: Many people have asked me, "What is rubato?"....................................................................................................................................................

Much of my music uses rubato which is an expressive way of interpreting music by varying from a strict rhythm or tempo by slowing down, or speeding up...or by lingering on or shortening a note(s) to convey a particular emotion, feeling or within a musical phrase.

MY MUSIC .......................is written in a poetic, picturesque, very melodic,lyrical free form style with rich harmonies, is contemplative in nature. My music has been influenced by classical composers of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionistic Periods, including their fondness for adapting the folk music of many peoples into their classical writing....and by the harmonies found in jazz. For me, music is a way of telling about/contemplating life's journey, of seeking and learning... always with a sense of hope...the wondrous joy and beauty all around us...of all humanity. One of my favorite activities is spending time in nature quietly listening to the conversation of the wind through the trees, birds singing, the murmur of a flowing river surrounded by the serenity of green trees/leaves/and grass, sprinkled with the many colours of flowers spreading their wonderful perfume in the air, the clouds above, the warmth of the sun, the refreshing rain.....the peace.................... J. Bhuyan Pictured at Immersive Studios, Boulder, Colorado (Photo by Joe Shepard) www.immersivestudios.com

PUBLICATION...........................The following appeared in the"CONNECTIONS Magazine" published by Music for People in a letter from the Artistic Director David Darling (see http://www.musicforpeople.org for more info and workshops on improvisation)

Hello MFP Friends! THE ROLE OF IMPROVISATION...................................

I wanted to share with you the ideas and impressions of my colleague Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan, who is a virtuoso classical pianist and composer. She has been working with me on our recent CD. Here is what she has to say about the role of improvisation...............

"Ah yes! the role of improvisation: One thing that did come clearly to me at the very onset of becoming an improviser myself was such an immense feeling of freedom and exaltation, the deep immersion in the feeling of the music flowing from my hands, of soaring out into the universe, a universe with no boundaries...like taking a deep breath, opening one's mouth and just letting go in full, rich sound and voice. Improvisation also invites adding little trill-like "in the moment" embellishments/they just slip in without thought..like little dances...All of improvisation is of course "in the moment" and even if I use the same key and basic chords on another day, I notice the difference in how they develop, the mood of the expressiveness that changes in a different moment...and that the music I create when improvising is somehow different than when composing...and here I cannot quite explain what I mean and feel........ So far I can create more complex harmonic changes and effects when I compose...Also I like using unexpected cadences that move to a I chord but from some chord other than the IV or V chord, even such as moving up or down a 1/2 step on one chord and then moving to the tonic. I also discovered the pentatonic scale is great for improvising... I keep improvising every day now... want to get to point where can improvise more complex altered chords and unexpected key changes... I am starting to think this way some, and I know some day will be "in the moment" and it will just come to me..........."

Musician, composer and performer,..................... Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan was born in 1941 in Elkhart, Indiana. She began studying music at the age of 8 years, learning percussion with Harold Firestone, cello under Charles Bacon, and violin, piano and voice from her mother, Bertha Tschabold, a gifted pianist. She went on to also learn the viola which she played in the Elkhart High School orchestra under the inspirational and gifted John Davies, conductor, and in the Young Artists' League of Northern Indiana. She holds a Bachelor's of Arts degree (double major in music and history) from Goshen College, in Goshen, Indiana, where a major influence and inspiration was Dr. Mary K. Oyer, and a Master's of Music Theory from Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, with advisors Drs. Ronald Lopresti and Grant Fletcher, and went on to teach music theory, music history and appreciation, and piano in college for several years and to compose several collections of piano music.......................................... When her family moved and there were no music teaching openings, she went back to school for nursing which she did for 20 years, while continuing to write music and raise her family...................... She currently enjoys mentoring young music students, performing at various events, and producing CDs of her compositions and improvisations. She is the owner/manager of foreverrubatoLLC Her hobbies include gardening, tennis, reading, quilting and travel. She has two grown children, Anita Bhuyan and David Bhuyan. She resides in Westminster, Colorado, with her husband Ganesh. ( Picture is from near her childhood home in Elkhart, Indiana.)

Performance of "Improvisations of the Moment for Cello and Piano" by David Darling and Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan on Saturday August 23, 2014, in Estes Park, Colorado at the Wake Up Festival 2014 sponsored by Sounds True.

Message..........To my family, many friends and teachers; to Joe Shepard, prior Owner and Manager of Immersive Studios in Boulder, Colorado; Mike Yach and Steve Vidaic, Sound Engineers and current Co-Owners of Immersive Studios, Boulder, Colorado; Mickey Houlihan of Curve Blue; Kelly Anderson and staff, Wind Over The Earth studios in Boulder, Colorado; David Glasser and staff, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado; Clint Goss, Manifest Spirit Records; and to David Darling, I am deeply grateful and thank you for your inspiration, support and assistance over the years...................................................................................